Lumiose City

Lumiose City ミアレシティ Miare City "The City of Light"

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Map description A dazzling metropolis of art and artifice, located in the very heart of the Kalos region.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 14   ← Route 13 Lumiose City Route 16 →   Route 4 and Route 5 ↓

Location Location of Lumiose City in Kalos.

Map of Lumiose City in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Lumiose City (Japanese: ミアレシティ Miare City) is a large city nestled in the north-central part of the Kalos region. It is a prominent central hub of the region and is the second most populous city in the Pokémon world.

It is the setting for Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Tourism is a major industry of the city due to its famous landmarks, such as the Prism Tower, which serves as the city's symbol, and the Lumiose Museum. A wide variety of shops, cafés, and restaurants are spread throughout the entire city and are popular with both tourists and locals alike.

The outer portion of the city is lined by tall office buildings and wide brick and cobblestone boulevards, while the avenues of the inner portion are lined by smaller Parisian-style buildings. The wide roadways throughout the city afford safe and easy passage for both automobile and Gogoat traffic. A large canal also runs diagonally through the city.

Lumiose City has five gates connecting it to outside routes. In the southeast is the Route 4 Gate, in the southwest the Route 5 Gate, in the northwest the Route 13 Gate, in the north the Route 14 Gate, and in the northeast the Route 16 Gate. It is connected to Kiloude City via train from Lumiose Station.

Slogan

The City of Light (Japanese: 光の都(ひかりの　みやこ) The city of light.)

Layout

Many small shops and cafés line the many streets and avenues of Lumiose City.

The city is shaped like a spoked wheel. The outside "wheel" is split into North and South Boulevards, while the spokes are divided among several avenues and plazas. The boulevards and avenues are lined with the city's many establishments, while the plazas are primarily open gathering spaces, with an occasional establishment or two on the outskirts. The center hub is a wide, open area with Prism Tower at its center.

Map of Lumiose City in Pokémon X and Y

South Boulevard

Main article: South Boulevard

Location of South Boulevard

South Boulevard is the southern half of the outer rim of the Lumiose City. The two boulevards are divided by the river that runs through the middle of the city. Locations on South Boulevard include the PR Video Studio, Professor Sycamore's Pokémon research lab, and Coiffure Clips.

South Boulevard and Vernal Avenue are the first parts of Lumiose City that the player can explore in Pokémon X and Y; the other parts are blocked until the player has defeated Team Flare at the Kalos Power Plant and watched Clemont relight the Lumiose Gym.

South Boulevard is laid out as follows, moving along the street in a clockwise direction:

Outer	Inner
	To dead-end alley*
	Restaurant Le Nah
Route 4 Gate	To Vert Plaza
Building	Café Introversion
Sycamore Pokémon Lab	To Vernal Avenue
PR Video Studio	Pokémon Center
Route 5 Gate	To Bleu Plaza
	Coiffure Clips
	Café Soleil
Building	Shutterbug Café
	To Estival Avenue
Building

North Boulevard

Main article: North Boulevard

Location of North Boulevard

North Boulevard is the northern half of the outer rim of the Lumiose City. The two boulevards are divided by the river that runs through the middle of the city. Locations on North Boulevard include the Galette Stand, Lumiose Museum, Hotel Richissime, the Battle Institute, Lumiose Station, and the Looker Bureau.

North Boulevard is laid out as follows, moving along the street in a clockwise direction:

Outer	Inner
Route 13 Gate	To Magenta Plaza
	To dead-end alley
Building	Café Triste
Galette Stand	To Autumnal Avenue
Building	To dead-end alley
Route 14 Gate	To Rouge Plaza
	Pokémon Center
Lumiose Museum
Hotel Richissime	To Hibernal Avenue
Building	Café Ultimo
	Café Action
Route 16 Gate	To Jaune Plaza
Battle Institute
	Café Bataille
Lumiose Station
	To dead-end alley
	To unnamed street

Avenues

All of the avenues and plazas are connected by a continuous ring near the hub, but occasionally there will also be an alleyway connecting two of the spokes farther out from the hub. A group of randomly battleable Trainers also lurk around this inner part of the city.

The city's spokes are laid out in the order given below, moving through them in a clockwise direction starting from the first spoke connected to South Boulevard. The left and right sides referred to below presume the player is facing away from Centrico Plaza.

• 

  Location of Vernal Avenue

• 

  Location of Estival Avenue

• 

  Location of Autumnal Avenue

• 

  Location of Hibernal Avenue

Vernal Avenue

Main article: Vernal Avenue

Vernal Avenue runs south to north between South Boulevard and Centrico Plaza. Locations on Vernal Avenue include Friseur Furfrou, the Herboriste, the Stone Emporium, and Boutique Couture.

Left	Right
	Stone Emporium
Boutique Couture	Herboriste
Café Classe	Friseur Furfrou
	Café Woof

Estival Avenue

Main article: Estival Avenue

A pre-release screenshot of Estival Avenue

Estival Avenue runs west-south-west to east-north-east between South Boulevard and Centrico Plaza. Locations on Estival Avenue include the Loto-ID Center and the Lumiose Press building.

Left	Right
Loto-ID Center	Café Rouleau
Lumiose Press	Café Gallant

Autumnal Avenue

Main article: Autumnal Avenue

Autumnal Avenue runs north-west to south-east between North Boulevard and Centrico Plaza. Locations on Autumnal Avenue include the Poké Ball Boutique and the Juice Shoppe.

Left	Right
Café Pokémon-Amie	Poké Ball Boutique
	Restaurant Le Yeah
	Juice Shoppe

Hibernal Avenue

Main article: Hibernal Avenue

Hibernal Avenue runs north-west to south-east between North Boulevard and Centrico Plaza. Locations on Autumnal Avenue include Restaurant Le Wow and Café Kizuna.

Left	Right
Restaurant Le Wow	Café Kizuna

Plazas

Lumiose City has six different plazas: Centrico Plaza is a large plaza located at the very center of the city, while the other five smaller plazas are arranged as the points of a pentagon centered on Centrico Plaza. The plazas are connected as a pentagon by small alleys that cut across the avenues. The alley between Verte Plaza and Jaune Plaza includes a bridge over the southeast end of the river; Magenta Plaza itself is built on a bridge over the northwest end of the river.

Each of the small plazas is named after a color in French. All of the small plazas contain an obelisk of the same color as the name of that plaza.

The smaller plazas are laid out in the order given below, moving through them in a clockwise direction starting from southeast plaza.

• 

  Location of Vert Plaza

• 

  Location of Bleu Plaza

• 

  Location of Magenta Plaza

• 

  Location of Rouge Plaza

• 

  Location of Jaune Plaza

• 

  Location of Centrico Plaza

Vert Plaza

Vert Plaza is a small plaza located southeast of Centrico Plaza. Café Cyclone is located on the alley leading from South Boulevard to Vert Plaza.

Bleu Plaza

Bleu Plaza is a small plaza located southwest of Centrico Plaza.

Magenta Plaza

Magenta Plaza is a small plaza located north-west of Centrico Plaza. It is built on top of a bridge over the river. The Magenta Pokémon Center (the landing point when flying to the center of Lumiose City) is located on the street leading from Magenta Plaza to Centrico Plaza. Lysandre Café is located on the alley between Magenta Plaza and Autumnal Avenue, which itself contains Lysandre Labs.

Rouge Plaza

Rouge Plaza is a small plaza located north of Centrico Plaza. The Looker Bureau (initially just a vacant storefront) and Sushi High Roller are located on the alley between Rouge Plaza and North Boulevard.

Jaune Plaza

Jaune Plaza is a small plaza located northeast of Centrico Plaza. Trevor's house is located on the alley between Jaune Plaza to North Boulevard.

Centrico Plaza

Centrico Plaza is located in the center of Lumiose City. The Prism Tower, which hosts the Lumiose Gym, is at the center of the plaza. There is a Photo Spot at Prism Tower, between the connection to Vernal Avenue and the alley to Vert Plaza.

Gates

Lumiose City has five gates connecting it to outside routes.

Route 4 Gate, in the southwest the Route 5 Gate, in the northwest the Route 13 Gate, in the north the Route 14 Gate, and in the northeast the Route 16 Gate.

Transportation

Lumi Cab

Main article: Lumi Cab

Lumi Cab is a taxi service that lets the player travel between many stops around Lumiose City for a fee; destinations that are farther away cost more. If the player has enough style, the fare will be half price. If the player does not have enough money to pay for the ride, the driver will challenge them to a battle.

Gogoat Shuttle

Artwork of Calem riding the Gogoat Shuttle

Gogoat Shuttle is a service where the player can travel between many stops around Lumiose City for a flat fee of $200. The service allows people to ride a Gogoat around North Boulevard or South Boulevard. The Gogoat Shuttle stops are marked by black signs with blue screens located on the outer side of the boulevards; the player can initiate the service by interacting with the Gogoat Shuttle stop signs.

When the player boards the service, they are asked whether they want to travel east or west along their current boulevard; however, if they are already at the eastmost or westmost stop in that boulevard, they are only given the option to travel to the opposite end. The Gogoat Shuttle cannot cross between boulevards. The Gogoat Shuttle stops at each shuttle stop along its path, giving the rider the option to dismount at each one, until it reaches the final stop at the far end of the boulevard, when the rider is forced to dismount. The Gogoat moves automatically between stops, without the rider being able to control it. The name of each stop is announced by the Audio Guide in the Gogoat Shuttle stop signs.

The following is the list of Gogoat Shuttle stops in each boulevard, listed from east to west (i.e. the order the stops will be presented in when choosing to travel west).

South Boulevard

Stop	Namesake location
South Blvd. East Stop	South Boulevard
Route 4 Gate Stop	Route 4 Gate
Video Studio Stop	PR Video Studio
Café Soleil Stop	Café Soleil
Estival Ave. Stop	Estival Avenue
South Blvd. West Stop	South Boulevard

North Boulevard

Stop	Namesake location
North Blvd. East Stop	North Boulevard
Route 16 Gate Stop	Route 16 Gate
Richissime Stop	Hotel Richissime
Route 14 Gate Stop	Route 14 Gate
Autumnal Ave. Stop	Autumnal Avenue
North Blvd. West Stop	North Boulevard

Places of interest

Lumiose City from above

The following is a list of places of interest excludes places of interest located on boulevards or avenues, as those are detailed on the pages for those streets instead.

Prism Tower

Main article: Lumiose Gym

Prism Tower is a large tower located in Centrico Plaza in the middle of Lumiose City. It houses the Lumiose City Gym. Prism Tower is based on the real-world Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. It is also a playable stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Restaurants

Main article: Lumiose City restaurants

Lumiose City has four restaurants located throughout the city: Restaurant Le Nah (South Boulevard), Restaurant Le Yeah (Autumnal Avenue), Restaurant Le Wow (Hibernal Avenue), and Sushi High Roller (near Rogue Plaza). At each restaurant, the player can pay to be served a meal where each server will battle the player before each course. Battles are conducted in special formats—Double Battle, Triple Battles, or Rotation Battles—with the player's pool of options depending on the restaurant. After finishing a meal, the player will receive a reward: a number of some valuable item, depending on which restaurant the player is in and how well they did.

Lysandre Café

A red café located near Magenta Plaza. It grants the player access to Lysandre Labs, one of Team Flare's hideouts in the Kalos region. Despite the small size, it serves as an important location in both the main plot line and the after story sideline plot with Xerosic.

Style

Main article: Style (Lumiose City)

Within Lumiose City, the player has a degree of style which can be raised by doing things around the city. The value of style ranges from 0 to 255. If the player has a high style, prices may be lower, more items and services may be offered, and certain establishments may be accessible that were not before.

Demographics

Pokémon X and Y

The population of Lumiose City is 416, making Lumiose City the second most populous city in the world of Pokémon behind Mesagoza of Paldea.

Shops

Poké Mart

North/South/Magenta - Left cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball3 Badges $1,200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion2 Badges $1,200
Max Potion4 Badges $2,500	Full Restore5 Badges $3,000
Revive2 Badges $1,500	Antidote $100
Paralyze Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal3 Badges $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel2 Badges $500
Max Repel3 Badges $700

South Boulevard - Right cashier
TM78 (Bulldoze) $10,000	TM76 (Struggle Bug) $10,000
TM75 (Swords Dance) $10,000	TM11 (Sunny Day) $50,000
TM18 (Rain Dance) $50,000

North Boulevard - Right cashier
Heal Ball $300	Net Ball $1,000
Nest Ball $1,000

Poké Miles

In the Pokémon Center on South Boulevard, a butler will exchange items for the player's Poké Miles.

South Boulevard Pokémon Center - Butler
Berry Juice 10 PM	Moomoo Milk 20 PM
Full Heal 30 PM	Max Repel 35 PM
Hyper Potion 60 PM	Ultra Ball 60 PM
Ether 120 PM	Max Potion 125 PM
Full Restore 300 PM	Max Revive 400 PM
Rare Candy 500 PM	PP Up 1,000 PM

Poké Ball Boutique

Autumnal Avenue
Quick Ball $1,000	Dive Ball $1,000
Timer Ball $1,000	Premier Ball $200
Heal Ball $300	Net Ball $1,000
Nest Ball $1,000	Dusk Ball $1,000
Repeat Ball $1,000	Luxury Ball $1,000

Herboriste

Vernal Avenue
Heal Powder $450	Energy Powder $500
Energy Root $800	Revival Herb $2,800

Stone Emporium

Vernal Avenue
Fire Stone $2,100	Water Stone $2,100
Leaf Stone $2,100

Items

Magenta Plaza

Pokémon Center

Item		Location	Games
	Looker Ticket	Next to the nurse's desk (post-game)	X  Y

Jaune Plaza

Trevor's House

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	From a female Scientist if the player has a Pokémon that knows Eerie Impulse	X  Y

Backalleys

Item		Location	Games
	Destiny Knot	From Beauty Aimee after defeating her (repeatable)	X  Y
	Elixir	From Beauty Anais after defeating her (repeatable)	X  Y
	Nugget	From Beauty Cassandra after defeating her (repeatable)	X  Y

Lysandre Café

Item		Location	Games
	King's Rock	From Lysandre after defeating Clemont	X  Y

Parade

Item		Location	Games
	Honor of Kalos	From Professor Sycamore during the parade after entering the Hall of Fame	X  Y

Pokémon

After entering the Hall of Fame, Diantha will appear in Café Soleil and offer to trade a Ralts holding Gardevoirite for one of the player's Pokémon. The Ralts will have perfect Special Attack and Speed IVs.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Bulbasaur	X			Y			Gift	10	One
Charmander	X			Y			Gift	10	One
Squirtle	X			Y			Gift	10	One
Ralts	X			Y			Trade Any Pokémon	5	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Punk Guy Faust メルド Merde Reward: $600	Haunter♂ Lv.30 No item
Black Belt Killian ウォング Wong Reward: $600	Machoke♂ Lv.30 No item
Beauty Anais カルーセル Carrousel Reward: $680	Seadra♀ Lv.34 No item
Punk Girl Lillian ミミ Mimi Reward: $600	Krokorok♀ Lv.30 No item
Beauty Aimee ドゥ Do Reward: $680	Fletchinder♀ Lv.34 No item
Chef Kamaboko ロコモコ Locomoco Reward: $600	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.30 No item
Waitress Paget ペッシュ Peche Reward: $600	Kirlia♀ Lv.30 No item
Beauty Cassandra トロワ Trois Reward: $680	Roselia♀ Lv.34 No item
Owner Toro スケゾウ Sukezō Reward: $600	Diggersby♂ Lv.30 No item
Garçon Jacopo ベリーニ Bellini Reward: $600	Gabite♂ Lv.30 No item

Lysandre Café

Trainer	Pokémon
After earning the Psychic Badge
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $1,840	Scrafty♂ Lv.46 No item
Team Flare Grunt Reward: $1,840	Liepard♀ Lv.46 No item

Looker Bureau

Trainer	Pokémon
During Chapter 4 of the Looker Bureau
Butler Chalmers アカマロ Akamaro Reward: $4,960	Braviary♂ Lv.62 No item

After completing all the Looker Bureau Chapters^TuThSa

Pokémon Trainer Essentia Looker Bureau X and Y Reward: $10,500

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.73 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Haze Ice Status   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Types: Dark Psychic Ability: Contrary Held item: None Malamar♂ Lv.75 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --

Parade

Pokémon Trainer AZ Lumiose City X and Y

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: White Smoke Held item: None Torkoal♂ Lv.60 Lava Plume Fire Special   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Return Normal Physical   --       Types: Ground Ghost Ability: No Guard Held item: None Golurk Lv.60 Phantom Force Ghost Physical   --       Heavy Slam Steel Physical   --       Mega Punch Normal Physical   --       Return Normal Physical   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.60 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Cosmic Power Psychic Status   --       Return Normal Physical   --

In the spin-off-games

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Main article: Prism Tower (stage)

Prism Tower, Lumiose City's prominent landmark, appears as a stage in the Nintendo 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting Lumiose City is seen in Looker, Emma, and Professor Sycamore's mindscapes.

Looker & Croagunk Emma & Crobat Sycamore & Xerneas

In the anime

Main series

Pokémon the Series: XY

Lumiose City in the anime

Ash arrived at an airport in Lumiose City with Alexa in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! as his first destination in the Kalos region. Ash wanted to challenge the Gym there, but was denied access by Clembot for not having enough Badges. He then fell several feet, where he was saved by Clemont and Bonnie. This is also where Ash had his first Kalos battle, using Pikachu against Clemont's Bunnelby. However, the battle was interrupted by Team Rocket, who was trying to snatch Pikachu. The group was saved by a wild Froakie, who was injured in the process, and taken to Professor Sycamore's lab. Following the events of Professor Sycamore's Garchomp going out of control, in Lumiose City Pursuit!, Ash and his friends left Lumiose City in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!. Serena first arrived at Lumiose City at the end of the episode, where she chose Fennekin as her first partner Pokémon at Professor Sycamore's lab in the next episode.

Ash and his friends along with Serena arrived again at Lumiose City in Grooming Furfrou!, where they went to a grooming salon owned by Sherman. In Clemont's Got a Secret!, the group went to the Lumiose Gym for Clemont to get the ownership of the Gym back from Clembot. Finally, in Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!, the group went back to Professor Sycamore's lab, where Clemont was given a Chespin, after which they left the city again.

In The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!, Clemont returned to Lumiose City on his own via helicopter to train for his upcoming Gym battle with Ash.

Ash, Serena, and Bonnie reunited with Clemont in Confronting the Darkness! for Ash's Gym battle against Clemont. However, the match was interrupted by Officer Jenny who arrested Clembot for the crimes committed by Dark Clembot and Belmondo, who were eventually found outside Lumiose Museum. Lumiose University, an electronics store, a high-end boutique, and a 3 star hotel were also featured in this episode. In The Moment of Lumiose Truth!, Ash eventually had his Gym battle against Clemont and his Bunnelby, Heliolisk, and Luxray, and won with his Pikachu, Hawlucha, and Goodra. This victory earned Ash the Voltage Badge, his fifth Kalos League Badge overall. Following the Gym battle, the group took a visit to Professor Sycamore again in Garchomp's Mega Bond!, after which they left the city.

Full night view of Lumiose City from a cliff

As revealed in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, Lumiose City would be the site of the Kalos League. The Lumiose Conference began in A League of His Own! and ended in Down to the Fiery Finish!, with Alain as the victor. As the closing ceremonies were underway, Team Flare, having secretly taken over the Prism Tower, took control of Z2 and forced it to transform into its 50% Forme. After doing so, it attacked the city with massive roots, causing serious damage to it, Prism Tower, and the stadium where the Lumiose Conference was taking place.

Lumiose City was put under siege by Team Flare, using the roots created by Zygarde, from A Towering Takeover! to Forming a More Perfect Union!. In Battling with a Clean Slate! and The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!, after the Team Flare crisis ended, Lumiose City began a process of rebuilding. In Till We Compete Again!, Ash and the gang returned to Lumiose City to bid farewell to Alain, Mairin, and Professor Sycamore before Ash and Serena left the Kalos region for Pallet Town and Hoenn, respectively. After both Ash and Serena departed through the Lumiose airport, Clemont and Bonnie returned to Prism Tower.

In XYS06, Cilan visited Lumiose City for a fishing tournament, where he met Clemont and Bonnie, asking the former to take him to Prism Tower. On the way, the trio also explored the Lumiose Subway system. After getting to see the tower, Cilan departed to go see the Tower of Mastery in Shalour City.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Lumiose City appeared briefly in A Festival Reunion! as Ash and Goh flew over it on their way to Shalour City.

In The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!, Ash and Goh traveled to Lumiose City for Ash next World Coronation Series battle against Elite Four member Drasna. In order to prepare him for it, they visited Clemont and Bonnie at the Lumiose Gym, where Ash's Sirfetch'd and Dracovish ended up learning Meteor Assault and Dragon Rush, respectively. The battle between Ash and Drasna took place the next day at the Lumiose Conference stadium. The tough battle eventually ended in Ash's victory, increasing his tournament ranking.

Lumiose City made a brief cameo in a fantasy during Team Rocket's motto in A Squad's Worth of Passion!.

Gallery

Prism Tower	Lumiose Museum	Lumiose Conference stadium	Professor Sycamore's laboratory

Pokémon Generations

Lumiose City in Pokémon Generations

In The Beauty Eternal, many citizens in many areas of Lumiose City were going about their daily lives after the release of the Holo Caster. Café Soleil was also shown, with Lysandre discussing with Diantha about the concept of eternal beauty.

In The Investigation, Looker confronted and chased down Essentia through Lumiose City, before eventually cornering her in Lysandre Café and revealing her as Emma.

In The Redemption, a parade was held in Lumiose City to celebrate the new Kalos League Champion, Calem. During the parade, AZ appeared and challenged Calem to battle. He lost, but was still relieved of having freed from the part of him that had built the ultimate weapon 3000 years earlier. Hearing this, his long-lost Floette returned to him, causing him to break into tears.

Gallery

Café Soleil	Looker Bureau	Lysandre Café	Parade

Pokémon Evolutions

Lumiose City in Pokémon Evolutions

Lumiose City appeared in The Visionary, first in a brief flashback and later when Professor Sycamore was seen watching a Holo Caster broadcast about Lysandre at his laboratory.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Lumiose City in Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

Lumiose City first appeared in They Have a Flare for a Li'l Kanga-Napping and Kangaskhan...Kangascan't, where Professor Sycamore showed Lysandre the footage of Xerneas and Yveltal's battle in Vaniville Town, sent to him by Trevor.

The city reappared in What Does Charmander Do When It Dozes, where X, Y, Tierno, Trevor, Shauna arrived in the city. Following Trevor's suggestion, the group decided to visit Professor Sycamore, delivering his lost Charmander back to him in the process. Seeing X's negative mood, Sycamore decided to cheer him up by challenging him to a battle. After the battle, Sycamore gave Charmander to X, and was also surprised to find out that X had come to accept the Chespin he had sent to him.

Meanwhile, Trevor had his broken Holo Caster fixed by Lysandre, although he felt himself extremely nervous around the man's presence, having recognized his figure from one of the pictures taken during Vaniville Town's destruction. Lysandre later sent his Pokémon to surround the children, but they were saved by the arrival of Diantha.

The group later visited the Prism Tower in order to ask Professor Sycamore about something they forgot before, not aware that the interview Professor Sycamore had gone to have at the tower was already over. Once there, the group found Alexa being attacked by the Lumiose Press editor-in-chief, who, having allied with Team Flare, was trying to silence Alexa to keep her from spilling out the truth about the destruction of Vaniville Town. X battled and defeated the editor-in-chief, allowing the group to escape the city. An Electrike from the tower had become interested in X, and subsequently started following them as they left Lumiose City.

The group returned to Lumiose City in Xerneas Gives. Much to their shock, the people of Lumiose City seemed to be completely unaware of the recent events and treated them like scum. Despite this, they stopped AZ's seeming attempt to use the ultimate weapon again, leading to the weapon's key getting destroyed. AZ then revealed that he was merely testing them to see if they'd choose the same path as Team Flare. Having felt a change in AZ's heart, his long-lost Floette then returned to him. Professor Sycamore suggested a parade for the group to celebrate them saving the Kalos region, but they declined the offer. Three months later, Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor had all moved to Lumiose City, with Shauna becoming a Furfrou stylist, Tierno teaching the Lumiose Gang how to dance, and Trevor taking over Sina and Dexio's role as Sycamore's assistant, while the duo headed to the Alola region to study the sightings of Zygarde made there.

In Magearna Moves, Essentia seemed to resurface in Lumiose City by attacking the Lumiose Museum. As surveillance camera footage showed the culprit with the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, they were initially assumed to be working together, but Trevor soon realized that Magearna was innocent. It also helped him to defeat the culprit and expose them as a robot constructed by Xerosic that had reactivated on its own after being abandoned.

Gallery

Sycamore Pokémon Lab	Café Introversion	Lysandre Café	Lumiose Press	Lumiose Museum

Appearance

Game	South Boulevard	North Boulevard	Avenues/Plazas	Centrico Plaza	Alley
X
Y

Trivia

• If the player enters Lumiose City and gets on their bicycle, the music does not change.
• At the Magenta Plaza Pokémon Center, a young man mentions Team Plasma "making news a while back in the Unova region," while a young woman mentions Professor Oak's grandson having visited Kalos to study abroad. She also tells how he used to say "Bonjour" while meeting and "Smell ya later!" while leaving. The first quote refers to the way how Blue greets the player while visiting S.S. Anne in the original Generation I games and their remakes, while the latter one was used whenever he left the player's presence.
• On the second floor of the Fighting Dojo's building, a Hex Maniac will appear, say "No, you're not the one," and float away.
• The shape and colors of the plazas closely resemble the logo of the Battle Frontier in Generation IV.
• Lumiose City is tied with Hammerlocke for having the most Pokémon Centers in a single city, with three.
• In Jaune Plaza, there are two girls who are mimicking the sounds of Pokémon. In the Japanese version, one girl is mimicking the sound of Heatran while the other is complimenting her. However, this is mistranslated in the English version to imply that a Lava Dome Pokémon appears in Jaune Plaza.

Glitches

Lumiose City save glitch

Map of Lumiose City by Nintendo indicating areas unsafe to load saves in

Main article: Lumiose City save glitch

At the time of release of Pokémon X and Y, many players reported being unable to move after loading a save within Lumiose City. According to Nintendo.com, if the player saves the game in certain areas of Lumiose City, then ends the game, the controls will not respond when the saved game is reloaded. They provided a map indicating known areas where the glitch can occur, which includes the entire outer boulevards. On October 25, 2013, Nintendo released a patch for this glitch via the Nintendo eShop.

Fire Blast camera clipping glitch

When a Pokémon with a large hitbox (such as Rayquaza) uses Fire Blast in a battle in one of the back alleys of Lumiose City, when the camera pans backwards, it will clip through the building to the right side of the Pokémon, causing it to completely disappear momentarily.

Origin

Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Kalos

Lumiose City is based on Paris, the capital and largest city of France. Its radial layout with Centrico Plaza in the center is similar to the real-life Place Charles de Gaulle, in which the Arc de Triomphe stands in its center. However, the building in Centrico Plaza, Prism Tower, is based on the Eiffel Tower instead.

The architecture style of Lumiose City is very similar to its real counterpart; Paris itself consists mostly of buildings dating back up to several centuries and the outskirts (also called the Parisian suburbs) were recently urbanized, dating back to the 1960s. Also, like Paris, Lumiose City has roads connecting to all parts of Kalos. The only difference is that Paris' connections to all parts of France are used by railroads.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ミアレシティ Miare City	From みあれ香 miare-kō (an incense used for rituals to welcome deities in the Kamo Shrine) and 御生れ miare (advent of a deity)
English	Lumiose City	From Paris's nickname La Ville-Lumière (The City of Light), grandiose, and possibly rose
German	Illumina City	From La Ville-Lumière and Illumination
Spanish	Ciudad Luminalia	From La Ville-Lumière and iluminación (illumination)
French, Dutch	Illumis	From La Ville-Lumière, Paris, and illumination
Italian	Luminopoli	From La Ville-Lumière and illuminazione (illumination)
Korean	미르시티 Mireu City	Possibly from myrrh or 미르 mireu (dragon)
Chinese (Mandarin)	密阿雷市 Mì'āléi Shì	Transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 雷 léi (thunder).
Chinese (Cantonese)	密阿雷市 Maht'alèuih Síh	Mandarin-based transcription of its Japanese name. Contains 雷 lèuih (thunder).
Arabic	مدينة لوميوس Madinat Lumiose	From its English name
Czech	Město Lumiose	From its English name
Danish, Norwegian	Byen Lumiose	From its English name
Finnish	Lumiosen kaupunki	From its English name
Hebrew	העיר לומיאוס Ha'eer Lumiose	From its English name
Croatian, Serbian	Grad Lumiose	From its English name
Hungarian	Lumiose városa	From its English name
Polish	Lumiose	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Lumiose Cidade Lumiose*	From its English name
Russian	Люмиос Сити Lyumios Siti	From its English name
Slovenian	Mesto Lumiose	From its English name
Swedish	Staden Lumiose	From its English name
Thai	มิอาเร่ซิตี้ Miare City	Transcription of its Japanese name
Turkish	Lumiose Şehri	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Miare	Transcription of its Japanese name

Rouge Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese ルージュ広場 Rouge Hiroba From rouge (French for red) English Rouge Plaza From its Japanese name German, French Place Rouge From its Japanese name Spanish Plaza Roja From roja (red) Italian Piazza Rossa From rossa (red) Korean 루주 광장 Rouge Gwangjang From its Japanese name	Jaune Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese ジョーヌ広場 Jaune Hiroba From jaune (French for yellow) English Jaune Plaza From its Japanese name German, French Place Jaune From its Japanese name Spanish Plaza Amarilla From amarilla (yellow) Italian Piazza Gialla From gialla (yellow) Korean 존느 광장 Jaune Gwangjang From its Japanese name
Vert Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese ベール広場 Vert Hiroba From vert (French for green) English Vert Plaza From its Japanese name German, French Place Verte From its Japanese name Italian Piazza Verde From verde (green) Spanish Plaza Verde From verde (green) Korean 베르 광장 Vert Gwangjang From its Japanese name	Bleu Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese ブルー広場 Bleu Hiroba From bleu (French for blue) English Bleu Plaza From its Japanese name German, French Place Cyan From cyan Spanish Plaza Azul From azul (blue) Italian Piazza Blu From blu (blue) Korean 블르 광장 Bleu Gwangjang From its Japanese name
Magenta Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese ローズ広場 Rose Hiroba From rose (French for pink) English Magenta Plaza From magenta German, French Place Rose From its Japanese name Spanish Plaza Rosa From rosa (pink) Italian Piazza Rosa From rosa (pink) Korean 로즈 광장 Rose Gwangjang From its Japanese name	Centrico Plaza Language Name Origin Japanese メディオプラザ Medio Plaza From medio- (Italian for middle) English Centrico Plaza From -centrico (Italian for centric) German Zentral-Plaza From zentral (central) Spanish Plaza Central From central French Place Centrale From centrale (central) Italian Piazza Centrale From centrale (central) Korean 메디오 플라자 Medio Plaza Same as Japanese name

References

Pokémon League locations
Games Indigo Plateau • Ever Grande City (Pokémon League) • Pokémon League (Sinnoh) • Pokémon League (Unova) Pokémon League (Kalos) • Pokémon League (Alola) • Wyndon Stadium • Pokémon League (Paldea) Animated series Indigo Plateau • Pummelo Stadium • Silver Town • Ever Grande City Lily of the Valley Island • Vertress City • Lumiose City • Manalo Stadium

Lumiose City

Streets
South Boulevard • North Boulevard
Vernal Avenue • Estival Avenue • Autumnal Avenue • Hibernal Avenue

Places of interest
Battle Institute • Juice Shoppe • Hotel Richissime
Lumiose Gym • Lumiose Museum • Lysandre Labs • Restaurants

Services
Lumi Cab

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.